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Fact Sheets
Special Sessions
Conference: Sunday, 8 August - Thursday, 12 August
Exhibition: Tuesday, 10 August - Thursday 12 August
Real-Time 3DX: Demo or Die
This demonstration highlights real-time graphics of all types in a fast-paced, fun, and inspiring way. If you want to see the best real-time computer graphics work from industry, universities, and "secret" labs, this is the event for you. Participants have approximately two minutes to show off their best stuff in one of four categories:
- Business, Educational, Artistic, Scientific, Training
- Games, Entertainment
- 3D Multiuser Environments
- Emerging Technologies
All demos are non-commercial, and the host drags participants off the stage if they indulge in hype. Bring an enthusiastic attitude to the event and be prepared for serious fun. The audience votes for category and best-of-show winners, in real time, using an innovative laser-pointer voting system developed at Iowa State University. Bring your laser pointers!
Organizers
Sandy Ressler
National Institute of Standards Technology
Leonard Daly
Daly Realism
Computer Music
The field of computer music, which has evolved from its origins in early computing technology, analog electronic music, digital signal processing, audio engineering, and the experimental music tradition, represents the nexus of modern creative and technical issues associated with digital audio and analysis. This Special Session features experts at the forefront of several primary research areas:
- Software-based sound synthesis
- Human-computer interface technologies for performers and composers
- Acoustic simulation of auditory environments
- Sound spatialization and presentation of electro-acoustic music
- Intuitive computer music composition
- Computer-assisted music composition and affective music computing systems
- Stylistic emulation and modeling of human performers
- Music information retrieval
Each panel member addresses ongoing research in these primary points of focus within the broader context of their historical impetus and potential future applications.
Organizer
Perry R. Cook
Princeton University
Panelists
Curtis Roads
University of California, Santa Barbara
Joe Paradiso
MIT Media Lab
Puppetry and Computer Graphics
Pioneering artists such as Jim Henson and Phil Tippett, and many other puppeteers, have been experimenting with computer graphics from the beginning.
Jim Henson's early CG puppets, Waldo C. Graphic and Tizzy the Bee, led to development of the Henson Digital Performance Studio, and, more recently, CG versions of Kermit the Frog and Gonzo the Great. Tippet's Digital Input Device first gave CG animation access to additional stop-motion animators working on "Jurassic Park" and "Starship Troopers." Virtual CG sets of "The Jim Henson Hour" and "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Suess" also added a broader freedom to the medium.
This special session reviews the history, advantages, and future of CG in puppetry, and it presents many personal stories from the puppeteers' perspective.
Organizer
Terrence Masson
Iron Lore Entertainment, Ltd.
Moderator
William Sherman
NCSA/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Panelists
David Barclay
PerformFX
Craig Hayes
Tippet Studios
Trey Stokes
Truly Dangerous Company
David Goelz
Bret Nelson
Jim Henson Company
VJ: The Art of Live Video Performance
The explosive new generation of visual artists known as VJs and the dozens of companies that support them with new tools, equipment, and software are continually creating more complex and vivid presentations. In this roundtable discussion hosted by Los Angeles Video Artists (LAVA), several respected and widely known VJs offer insight into current and future trends for this adventurous new culture.
Organizer
James Cui, VJ Fader
Los Angeles Video Artists
Panelists
Vello Virkhaus, VJ V2
V Squared Labs Inc.
Radley Marx, VJ OZ
Eoptica/VJTV
Ryan Tandy
Connected System
Ben Sheppee
Davy Force
Nathan Whitford
Urban Visuals
Next-Generation Game Visuals
The next generation of game hardware and real-time, per-pixel shading will make it possible to create more compelling interactive visuals then ever before. Dramatic improvements are on the horizon in high-resolution models and textures, soft subtle lighting, complex character animation, and amazing visual effects. Presenters from top game companies, including Habib Zargarpur ("Need to Speed Underground" and "007 Bond: Everything or Nothing") and Henry LaBounta ("SSX3") from Electronic Arts, show examples of what they are doing now to push the envelope and speak about their plans for creating the breathtaking games of tomorrow.
Organizer
Henry LaBounta
Electronic Arts Canada
Viktor Antonov
Valve Software
Nishii Ikuo
Robot Communications, Inc.
Habib Zargarpour
Electronic Arts Canada
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